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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: What Happened to all the A-12s?
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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
>From: jfb@ihlpm.att.com (Joseph F Baugher)
>... what happened to the A-12 single-seat spyplanes that preceded
>the SR-71? ...

The survivors have been seen at one of the storage depots in the Southwest
(Davis-Monthan? not sure), mothballed but perhaps still flyable.  They were
retired due to a political decision that actually operating strategic
reconnaissance hardware was the USAF's job.
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